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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2008 Mar 30;22(6):707–715. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f560d9

Table 1.

Characteristics of HIV-infected and Control Subjects

Males Females

HIV+ Control P-value§ HIV+ Control P-value§
n* 798 150 333 131
Age (y) Median (IQR) 43.0 (38.0–49.0) 40.0 (37.0–43.0) <.0001 41.0 (35.0–47.0) 42.0 (37.0–44.0) 0.76
Race Caucasian 55% 53% 0.034 33% 50% 0.014
African American 33% 47% 55% 50%
Other 12% 0 12% 0
Height (cm) Median (IQR) 175 (171–180) 179 (175–183) <.0001 163 (158–167) 165 (161–171) 0.001
Weight (kg) Median (IQR) 75 (68–83) 85 (77–98) <.0001 70 (59–82) 75 (64–89) 0.007
BMI (kg/m2) Median (IQR) 24 (22–27) 27 (25–30) <.0001 26 (22–31) 28 (23–33) 0.15
VAT (L)** Median (IQR) 1.8 (0.8–3.0) 2.0 (1.1–3.0) 0.084 1.4 (0.6–2.4) 1.1 (0.4–1.9) 0.009
Total SAT (L)** Median (IQR) 10.1 (7.1–14.2) 14.7 (11.1–18.8) <.0001 25.5 (16.4–36.2) 30.1 (19.6–39.5) 0.032
CRP (mg/L) Median (IQR) 1.69 (0.75–3.91) 0.88 (0.48–2.00) <.0001 1.94 (0.81–4.70) 1.75 (0.60–4.37) 0.22
HCVRNA+ 20% 3% <.0001 25% 1% <.0001
Current CD4 (cells/uL) § Median (IQR) 345 (219–523) 0.57 359 (196–561)
HIV RNA (1000/mL) § Median (IQR) 0.4 (0.4–10.8) 0.11 0.5 (0.4–15.2)
Current ARV Use§: Ritonavir 30% 0.15 26%
Indinavir 17% 0.073 13%
Efavirenz 27% 0.001 18%
Nevirapine 11% 0.007 18%
Nelfinavir 17% 0.72 16%
Kaletra 13% 0.85 13%
Saquinavir 10% 0.052 6%
Amprenavir 6% 0.11 4%
Delavirdine 1% 0.77 1%
Ritonavir by dose*** High dose 12% 0.25 9%
Low dose 18% 16%
None 70% 75%
*

n’s are for datasets that are not age-restricted and do not exclude those with a recent opportunistic infection.

**

height-normalized,

***

high dose ritonavir ≥400mg twice daily,

§

p-values for HIV-related factors compare HIV-infected men and women.